Legacy

Slavery is the greatest American stain, a crime so horrible, a legacy so cruel, a shame so deep — an unforgivable act. Decades of bitter turmoil lead up to the American Civil War, Secession, the Emancipation Proclamation and Reconstruction. Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American president by every measure, is able to vindicate democracy and preserve the Union.

America frees herself from the tyranny of the British Crown, then ironically and hypocritically inflicts tyranny through slavery.

France had been a monarchy up until the French Revolution, when French citizens abolish slavery and replace thousands of confusing units of measure with the Metric System, which is based on Earth and Water. (The name Metric System had referred to the units for length and mass. What the CGPM had created in 1960 was much more comprehensive, and after some discussion, this new system was called the International System of units or SI after its French initials.)

England finally abolishes slavery four decades after France did so, but three decades before Americans finally get around to Abolition of Slavery in 1865 with the Thirteenth Amendment.

Black Lives Matter is a bold reaction to the lingering remnants of slave-owner mentality still alive and kicking in many parts of America well into the twenty-first century. African Americans are often targets of voter suppression and often receive lengthy jail sentences and unequal and unfair treatment in legal matters and are often forced to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. Law enforcement officers routinely murder African Americans for no other reason than that they are African Americans; then are found innocent of any crime in the American court system.

The economic greatness of Early America is due in large part to cheap slave labor, so nostalgically waving a Confederate-style flag or pining for the days of yore, chanting, “Make America Great Again!” is tantamount to unashamed justification of slavery.

America will only be great when there is justice for all.

Legacy 1 George Washington

President 1 – United States President George Washington – Owns 317 Slaves

President 20 – United States President James A. Garfield – Lacking Judgment – Murdered within months of inauguration, Garfield is remembered as a Martyr above all else

Legacy 21 Chester A. Arthur

President 21 – United States President Chester A. Arthur – Struggles with Tariff Issue and Republican Party Protectionist Doctrines – Transitional Figure in Reunification after Bitter Turmoil of Civil War and Reconstruction

Legacy 22 Grover Cleveland

President 22 – United States President Grover Cleveland – Fiscal Conservatism – Wins Popular Vote three elections in a row – Lack of College Education – Racially Intolerant – Largely Unfamiliar with the Great Ideas of History

Legacy 23 Benjamin Harrison

President 23 – United States President Benjamin Harrison – Active Foreign Policy – Defeats Popular Vote Winner – Six Western States join the Union – Strengthens and Modernizes the Navy

Legacy 24 Grover Cleveland

President 24 – United States President Grover Cleveland – Panic of 1893 – Severe National Depression – Strengthens Autonomy of Executive Branch – Sends Warships to Panama – Threatens Britain with War over Venezuelan Boundary Dispute

President 26 – United States President Theodore Roosevelt – First Modern President – Venezuela and Santo Domingo Intervention – Panama Canal Negotiation – Strengthens the Navy – Conservationist President creates National Forest Service – 150 National Forests – 51 Federal Bird Reserves – 4 National Game Preserves – 5 National Parks – 18 National Monuments – 1906 American Antiquities Act protects wildlife on over 930 thousand square kilometers of Public Land (an area larger than Texas plus Oklahoma)

Legacy 27 William Howard Taft

President 27 – United States President William Howard Taft – Not Decisive – Undistinguished – Last President with Facial Hair

Legacy 28 Woodrow Wilson

President 28 – United States President Woodrow Wilson – World War I – League of Nations – Sixteenth Amendment: Federal Income Tax – Federal Reserve System – Regulation of Business – Foreign Policy from Isolation to Internationalism

28 World War I

Formal Congressional Declaration of War – World War I Deutsches Reich 6 Apr 1917 CE Woodrow Wilson
Formal Congressional Declaration of War – World War I Ausztria-Magyarország 7 Dec 1917 CE Woodrow Wilson

Five American states continue to incorporate Confederate elements into their official state flags:

Slavery Flag States

Visit these Facebook groups to interact with others about taking down their official state slavery flags:

Slavery Flag Down Arkansas!

Slavery Flag Down Arkansas!

Slavery Flag Down Mississippi!

Slavery Flag Down Mississippi!

Slavery Flag Down Alabama!

Slavery Flag Down Alabama!

Slavery Flag Down Georgia!

Slavery Flag Down Georgia!

Slavery Flag Down Florida!

Slavery Flag Down Florida!

How to Help America Go Metric

1. Read the Metrication Pledge and add your name if you agree.
2. Download the Progress CheckList to help guide you in your effort.
3. Support this important American effort by visiting our shop.
4. Support pro-SI candidates.
5. Join a few pro-SI Facebook groups and connect with like-minded people:

Legacy Currency Notes – United States of America

US-$1-LT-1862-Fr-16c

US-$1-LT-1862-Fr-16c

US-$1-LT-1880-Fr-29

US-$1-LT-1880-Fr-29

US-$1-SC-1886-Fr-217

US-$1-SC-1886-Fr-217

US-$1-SC-1896-Fr-224-(3923429)

US-$1-SC-1896-Fr-224-(3923429)

US-$2-SC-1896-Fr.247

US-$2-SC-1896-Fr.247

US-$5-LT-1862-Fr-61a

US-$5-LT-1862-Fr-61a

US-$5-LT-1880-Fr-72

US-$5-LT-1880-Fr-72

US-$5-SC-1896-Fr.270

US-$5-SC-1896-Fr.270

US-$5-SC-1899-Fr.271

US-$5-SC-1899-Fr.271

US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114

US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114

US-$20-LT-1863-Fr-126b

US-$20-LT-1863-Fr-126b

US-$20-LT-1880-Fr-145

US-$20-LT-1880-Fr-145

US-$50-FRN-1914-Fr-1053

US-$50-FRN-1914-Fr-1053

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US-$50-LT-1880-Fr.164

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US-$100-FRN-1914-Fr-1074a

US-$100-LT-1863-Fr-167

US-$100-LT-1863-Fr-167

US-$100-LT-1880-Fr-181

US-$100-LT-1880-Fr-181

US-$500-LT-1869-Fr-184

US-$500-LT-1869-Fr-184

US-$500-LT-1875-Fr-185b

US-$500-LT-1875-Fr-185b

US-$500-LT-1880-Fr-185l

US-$500-LT-1880-Fr-185l

US-NBN-MA-Lowell-986-Orig-500-206-A

US-NBN-MA-Lowell-986-Orig-500-206-A

US-$1000-IBN-1863-Fr-201_(Proof)

US-$1000-IBN-1863-Fr-201_(Proof)

US-$1000-IBN-1863-Fr-206_(Proof)

US-$1000-IBN-1863-Fr-206_(Proof)

US-$1000-SC-1891-Fr-346e

US-$1000-SC-1891-Fr-346e

US-$5000-IBN-1863-Fr-202_(Proof)

US-$5000-IBN-1863-Fr-202_(Proof)

US-$5000-IBN-1865-Fr-212h_(Proof)

US-$5000-IBN-1865-Fr-212h_(Proof)

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